Natalee Holloway case: Her mother Beth Holloway participates in the launch of the Natalee Holloway Resource Center on June 8, 2010 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Natalee Holloway disappeared several years ago in Aruba, and Dutch authorities examining a bone that washed up on a beach have had enough time to compare it to her DNA, according to ABC News, which cited a source close to her family.
Dutch officials have had her DNA since Tuesday, the source told ABC, adding, "They almost certainly know by now the results.”
"There are mixed signals," the source said. "If it wasn't her I'd think they'd come out and say it wasn't her with all the fanfare."
Her family is still awaiting the results as to whether the jawbone is human or not, according to CNN. Meanwhile, the FBI gave Dutch forensics her dental records.
"We provided her dental records to the Dutch authorities. They were sent electronically," FBI spokesman Paul Daymond told CNN. The information-sharing is "what we do, nothing out of the ordinary," he said.
The jawbone was found last week by tourists, who gave it to the nearby Phoenix hotel.
Holloway, who was then 18, was last seen with Joran van der Sloot, who is jailed in Lima with two other men, all charged with the murder of a young Peruvian woman.
Van der Sloot was never formally charged for Holloway’s disappearance. However, he extorted thousands of dollars from Holloway’s mother, saying he knew the whereabouts of her daughter’s remains but fled to Peru after receiving the money
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